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The next board meeting of New York City Animal Care and Control will be on Friday, June 14 at 10:30AM. You can’t say you didn’t have enough warning – get the day off now. Come, learn, speak.

Now that ChipIn is closing their doors there is a giant hole for small rescues and rescuers who want to raise funds online with no costs additional to PayPal fees. PayPal charges 2.2% + .30 per transaction to non-profits – … Continue reading →

It’s not something we usually like to think about and so many people make no preparations: what happens to our animals should we die or become incapacitated? As I began to take on more dogs, and more challenging dogs, I … Continue reading →

This coming Friday evening (Feb 1) I’ll be participating in an Intro to Hospice seminar in Middletown, NY given by Pets Alive. Here’s the event description reprinted from the Pets Alive Blog. An Introduction To Canine Hospice Do you have … Continue reading →

It was very disappointing to me during the fight over Local Law 59 to see how few New York City Council members really had a firm understanding of animal issues here in NYC. That’s one of the reasons that I … Continue reading →

Multiple reports this morning that New York City Animal Care and Control (NYCACC) Executive Director Julie Bank has resigned her position, citing unspecified family reasons. I’m all for her spending more time with her family if it keeps her the … Continue reading →

Answer: they’re not saved when the shelter has given them kennel cough, then allowed the kennel cough to turn into untreated pneumonia, then allowed the pneumonia to progress to the point where they are on the brink of death when … Continue reading →

Amy Paulin’s newly amended “Quiet Kill Bill” contains a very curious section. Do cats not deserve the same protection as dogs? The section of the bill that amends Section 373 of the agricultural and markets law gives some of the … Continue reading →

We’ve made huge progress in hastening the defeat of the Quick Kill Bill. Thanks to you, the Assembly bill has lost a total of nine co-sponsors and has only six remaining. Even better, the sponsor of the Senate companion legislation … Continue reading →